McCarthy is not interested in playing pleasant characters. “Who wants to watch that?” she says. “There’s nothing to sink your teeth into. … The people I love and like are filled with quirks and eccentricities.” McCarthy spoke with Terry Gross about playing Sean Spicer on ‘SNL’ and her role as literary forger Lee Israel in ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’

Also, jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews a reissued album, from 1981, featuring diverse musicians playing songs that Nino Rota composed for Federico Fellini movies.

The ‘Love & Mercy’ and ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ actor steps behind the camera for ‘Wildlife,’ an adaptation of Richard Ford’s novel about a boy whose parents are separating. The film was informed by Dano’s own parents’ relationship.